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Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
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Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
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Our Go-to Albums for Hosting

7 albums that set the mood so you can worry about the food and whether you have enough ice.

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10 Labor Day Sales You Probably Don’t Know About 10 Labor Day Sales You Probably Don’t Know About
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10 Labor Day Sales You Probably Don’t Know About

Forget the usual suspects. We found worthwhile deals on menswear, watches, luggage, design, fragrance, books, and more.

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The Art of Cocktail Conversation

58 questions for better conversations at your next party.

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Gerber Multi-Plier 600 DET

Multi-tools are great. You can have pliers, scissors, screwdrivers, a few blades and even a ruler all in one hand whenever you need it. But what happens, MacGuyver, when you run across a bomb that needs diffusing or you need to create one to deal with some baddies. How are…

By Cooper Fleishman
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WineHive

Wine isn't our go-to drink. We'll usually reach for a beer, a bit of whiskey or something mixed (sans umbrella) when we're in the mood. There are times, however, when wine is the perfect drink of choice. Plus, who are we kidding, it's still alcohol, right? If you're hosting a nice dinner or…

By Mike Newman
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Floppy Disk Coasters

We cannot, for the life of us, remember the last time we held a floppy disk in our hands. The little black plastic disks were fun to take apart and hang from the rear view in the car, but they haven't been much use since CDs and the Internet. What…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Tallgrass 8-Bit Pale Ale

Unless you were a childhood alcoholic, you probably weren't knocking back a few while avoiding ghosts in Pac-Man.  If you were of age (or broke into your dad's after work stash), you may have found that introducing a bit of a buzz into your quest for pixelated domination added a bit of…

By Mike Newman
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Woodcut Maps

Locating your hometown or other favorite locale on Google Maps, printing it out and pasting it on your wall is not exactly art. In fact, it's flat-out weird, and if we saw it, we'd assume you were plotting something. Displaying an artistically done map of a random spot is totally different.…

By Mike Newman
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